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was expected to ramain uninhabitable for seversl monthe.

Gyoa her

arrival et Knajalein LS? 1157 reported to comaander, Navel Station

Awajalein to return the Utirik natives to their homes and transport
the Roayelap osatives to thelr new atoll.

9.

On 16 ay BAIRUKO completed loading her YC~3 detachnant,

the 2ir Force fighter planes, helicopters and L-l3s, ani with 7 eahin
ari 46 troop class passengers, considerable Air Force cargo ani TCG

ToL trailers aboard, oatled for San Diego. On 17 May LST 552 departed
for Fearl Harbor via 'usaie, yenape ami Kajuro, where she rolled up.

the JTF SEVEX weather stations,
Valdand.

From Posrl 4arbor she was routed te

Ab Oskland she offload:d weather et-tion personnel md eat,

then sailed for Sen Diego, the Panama Canal, Norfolk and her return te
the sSlantic Fleet.

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10.

On 18 Kay BELLE GIOVE took ber departure. After YANKEE

she had rerained at Bikini «ith the Boet Pool antil operations there
were very nearly rolled up,

: 12 May she turned the Bost Fool orem

to L°T 1157 temporarily, loaded 2 LCUs, and cargo for Holmes end Rarver
afd oroceeded to Eniwetok,

Arriving there en the 3th. she affleaded

her cargo, took aboard an additional LCV rlus a oxterpiilar tractor,
crane end trusk and is ft for Rongerik to rollup the weather station
and ionospheric observatios equipment there,

She returned to Eniwetok

on the 6th, of May, offloaded ihe Uongerik eyuipsent, teck sboard the
Boat Fool boats, cesar end perzonnel] at both Bikini and Enisetok, the

Underdater cetection Unit eoui;weat nct left in place or in caretaker

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